New Adventures of Superboy (1980 DC) UK Edition comic books 1980

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. The reason why Jonathan and Martha Kent have been putting an extra candle on Clark's cake every year since his eighth birthday, and what it has to do with Suberboy's alien abduction, is revealed in "The Most Important Year of Superboy's Life!" Script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by David Hunt. Cover by Schaffenberger & Dick Giordano.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Demon Next Door," script by Cary Bates, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; After Prof. Lewis Lang digs up an idol called the Twins of Kokra in the Middle East, he is possessed by an Ahrimanic demon, and Superboy must find a way to exorcise it. When Superman Was Superboy article. "The Day of the Explosive Element," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Superboy balks at learning Kryptonese from a teaching-helmet, until he is almost frozen to death by an element in Jor-Els rocket with a Kryptonese warning inscription he cant completely decipher. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. "The New Super-Star of Smallville!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Joey Silver, a former classmate of Clark Kents who has been plagued by an inferiority complex into adulthood, has learned through dream research how to make his dreams a reality; Thus, he dreams himself as a macho-man back in his high-school days who can become the super-powered Astralad, a hopeful partner to Superboy; The dreams become reality back in Superboys time, and his powers are the equal of the Boy of Steels. The Superboy Quiz. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover pencils by Ross Andru and Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. "Look At Me World...I'm Astralad!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Superboy frustrates Astralads attempts to reveal to others that he is really Joey Silver; Then he does battle with Astralad, finally convincing him that he cannot alter history in the past; Astralad agrees and returns to 1980, saying that young Joey Silver will have no memory of his existence as a "super-hero". Continued from last issue. The Superboy Family article by E. Nelson Bridwell. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. "Secret of the Super-Power Failures," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Superboys powers seem inexplicably on the wane, until Jonathan Kent learns that the tomatoes they have been recently eating have been impregnated by alien farmers with spores from a red-sun system; The action was an accident, and Superboy destroys the contaminated vegetables; In gratitude, the aliens want to reward Superboy, but are turned down; Thus, they reward Jonathan Kent, by telling him they will make his greatest subconscious wish come true in the future. Note: ties into "The Miraculous Return of Jonathan Kent" in Action Comics (1938 DC) #507. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Bill Henderson attempts to convince Superboy to move to Metropolis in "Too Big for Smallville." Written by Cary Bates, with art and cover by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Double-sized issue. An alien race attempts to get Superboy to move to their world in "This Planet Is Condemned." Characters: Superboy; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Bash Bashford; Kryptonite. Written by Cary Bates, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt. Plus: 28-page Superman insert "The Computers That Saved Metropolis!" Alec and Shanna use a pair of TRS-80 computers to help Superman stop Major Disaster after Superman's powers become difficult for him to control. Reprints Superman Radio Shack Giveaway (1980) #1. Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec; Margaret Wilson; John Bardeen (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); William Schockley (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Walter Brattain (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Lana Lang. Written by Cary Bates, with art by Jim Starlin and Dick Giordano. Cover by Ross Andru (layouts?), Schaffenberger and Hunt.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover pencils by Ross Andru and Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. "Clark Kent Must Die!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Jonathan and Martha Kent inexplicably lose all knowledge that their foster son Clark is Superboy; This creates such problems for him, since he fears revealing his double identity to them now, that he has to stage Clarks "death" by drowning and pretend that Superboy could not rescue him; At Clarks memorial service, Martha Kent angrily slaps Superboy. Continued next issue. #63 Joe Orlando — DC profiles biography by Mike W. Barr. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. First 50c cover-priced issue. Phantom Zone villains try to trick Superboy into leaving Earth in "How to Stamp Out a Superboy." Characters: Faoro, Zod, Jax-Ur, Pete Ross, Ma & Pa Kent, Lana Lang. Written by Cary Bates, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt. Plus: 6-page Superboy's Secret Diary story "Day of the Lost Clothing," featuring the origin of Superboy's cape pouch. Written by E. Nelson Bridwell, with art by Rich Buckler and Romeo Tanghal. Cover by Ross Andru (layouts?), Schaffenberger and Hunt.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Superboy finds a duplicate Smallville in the far future in "The Town That Time Remembered." Written by Cary Bates, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt. Plus: 8-page Krypto story "The Super Watchdog of Smallville," where Krypto gets a secret identity as Skippy. Written by Bob Rozakis, with art by John Calnan and Kim DeMulder. Cover by Schaffenberger and Hunt.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. "Superboy's Amazing New Power," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Lex Luthor inadvertently gives Superboy a bio-magnetic power which begins to attract everything in Smallville to his body, and only a trip to a black hole in space can remove it. Plus: 8-page Superbaby story "When You Wish Upon A TV...," script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; After Superbaby watches a TV cartoon of Aladdin, he decides to play genie and grant wishes, which raises havoc when the Langs, the Masons, and their children arrive for a visit. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Clark accidentally becomes a local hero in "Clark Kent-Reluctant Hero of Smallville." Written by Cary Bates, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt. Plus: 8-page Superboy's Secret Diary story "The Day of the Alien Scoop," where an 8-year-old Superboy gives Perry White the story of his origin. Written by E. Nelson Bridwell, with art by Romeo Tanghal and Kim DeMulder. Cover by Schaffenberger and Hunt.